Fable · VoiceSmiths adaptation · 3:39
The Lion and the Mouse
A mighty lion spares a tiny mouse and laughs at her promise to repay him. Then hunters catch him in a net. The Aesop fable about small kindnesses, retold.
Narrator
The Lion
The Mouse
Gruff, a hunter
Pike, a hunterその他の言語 · 2か国語
このストーリーについて
The Lion and the Mouse is one of Aesop's Fables, the short moral tales handed down from ancient Greece. In this VoiceSmiths retelling, a booming lion king spares a brave little mouse, two bumbling hunters set a trap, and the mouse comes back to keep her promise. It is a full-cast audio story with a gentle, happy ending.
お話の教え
No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. Never look down on someone for being little: small friends can be great friends when it matters most.
対象
Ages 3–8
読み聞かせのコツ
- Before the hunters come, ask: do you think the mouse will ever be able to help the lion?
- Let children make the nibble, nibble, nibble sound with you while the mouse gnaws the ropes.
- Talk about a time someone small, or someone younger, helped them, or a time they helped someone bigger.
よくある質問
- What is the moral of The Lion and the Mouse?
- No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. The lion spares the mouse, and later the tiny mouse frees him from a hunting net, showing that little friends can be great friends.
- Who wrote The Lion and the Mouse?
- It is one of Aesop's Fables, traditionally credited to Aesop, a storyteller said to have lived in ancient Greece around the sixth century BCE. The fable was passed down and written down by later collectors; this version is a VoiceSmiths retelling.
- What age is The Lion and the Mouse for?
- It suits children from about 3 to 8. Nobody is hurt in this telling: the hunters simply run away, and the lion and the mouse become friends.
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声匠改编
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